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Article: BRIEFLY.(Ticket)(SIDESHOW)
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- The Register Guard (Eugene, OR)
- Article date:
- January 4, 2008
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Bluegrass festival offers lots of music, workshops
One of the largest winter festivals in the country, the RiverCity Bluegrass Festival, starts today and runs through Sunday at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland.
The event features workshops, concerts and the Ethos Youth Academy for musicians ages 8 through 16.
The festival started in 2005. It features 70 percent bluegrass music and 30 percent miscellaneous Americana such as folk, Texas swing, country music and some gospel.
Headliners include the Del McCoury Band, Marty Stuart, the Seldom Scene and Rhonda Vincent. Misty River, Tony Furtado, ...